You lived a life of pride You lived a life of pain Trying to pray away stormy weather Sweeping up the dust Reaching out for yesterday Yesterday is a blade, sharp as ever The well that held those tears Couldn't make it one more year I guess there's a loser in every fight Your favorite version of the past, You found in a photograph American flags in black and white I promised my belief I promised lots of thing A promise never brought your kind of message Because if it don't burn up It'll blow away next spring You won't be combing through the wreckage And the things that made you feel so safe Are only on a screen these days And there's a loser in every fight Your favorite version of the past, You found in a photograph American flags in black and white The well that held those tears Couldn't make it one more year I guess we're the losers in this fight My favorite version of the past, Is you in a photograph American flags in black and white American flags in black and white